Patrick Ogwang

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Patrick Engeu Ogwang (born 1 st January 1973) is a Ugandan pharmacist, pharmacologist, ethnobotanist, medical researcher, and entrepreneur who serves as the head of the Pharmacology Department at Soroti University. Prior to joining Soroti University, Professor Patrick Engeu Ogwang served as an associate professor and head of the Department of Pharmacy at Mbarara University in Uganda. He is also the executive chairman of Jena Herbals Uganda Limited, a private company he founded that manufactures Covidex, a herbal extract from three indigenous Ugandan plants, which has shown activity against a number of human viruses, including COVID-19.

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1. date of birth: 1973 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1973 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372545029